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J. O. WEAVER.

CLAMP FOR PANEL LINING 0R FAOING.

Patented Oct. 9, 18183.

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CLAMP FOR PANEL LINING OR FACING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,243, dated October 9, 1888 Application filed January 2, 1883. (N0 model.)

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Be it known that I, JOHN OROWTIHER Wnnvnn, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linings or Facings for Panels; and I hereby declare that the following is a clear and full description thereof.

The object of this invention isto make a cheap, and at the same time thoroughly-good and beautifully-finished, panel for doors, or any panel-work, and especially for paneled work of street or railway cars, coaches, steamboats, &c.

The nature of the invention consists in making the panel proper of any ordinary or common material, which may be put in place in its rough condition or only roughly dressed, and putting a finished lining or facing over the panel so made and placed. The lining or facing of the panel is made of any thin sheet of metal, veneer, paper, or other suitable ma terial, as herein after more fully explained, and this thin sheet of finishing is secured in place in the manneralso hereinafter described.

The invention will be fully understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, of which Figure 1 is a front elevation of an improved panel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the same, taken on the line as a" of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a rear elevation of one of the clampingpieces for holding the thin panel-facing in place.

The framework A is of ordinary construction, and the real panel A is grooved into or fastened in the said frame in any suitable man ner. The panel lining or facing A isthen fitted nicely in between the frame-work A, and secured upon the face of the panel A. in the following manner: A series of ornamental clamping-pieces, B, are screwed or fastened down to the panel A, clamping the lining or facing piece A firmly to the front or outer face of the said panel A. As the said panelfacing is of very thin-material, it is necessary to have the clampingpieces B of considerable size, in order to prevent the j arring or rattling of the said panel-lining piece; and in order to prevent the said clamping-pieces present ing an ugly appearance I prefer to cut or shape them into ornamental form, as represented in the drawings.

In order to add to the security against jarring or rattling, I secure to the rear or clamping face of each of the locking-pieces B one or more cushions, b, made of indiarubber or some elastic material, so that when the assembling-screws or other lastenings by which the facing A is held in place are driven home the said clamping-pieces B will always, by means of the intervening cushion-pieces, I), press with such a constant force against the piece A as or splitsuch as sheet metal, wood veneer, or

even sheets of suitably hard and fine paper and the finished side of these sheets may easily and cheaply be painted, lined, or in any suit able way decorated, which decoration can be cheaply done before the said panel-linings are placed, as they will not be marred or soiled in being placed in the work, owing to the pecu liar method of holding them in place by means of the clamping-pieces above described. This feature of preparing and placing the work insures the very best quality of artistic work at the lowest possible cost.

The panel linings or facings A being thin and light, can be highly decorated in an art ists studio, and then placed in the paneled work by ordinary labor, thereby securing a better class of artistic work than could be secured to paint or decorate a panel in place.

The larger spaces of the panel-facing may be decorated with a landscape, 0, or with an overlaid clampingplate, C, of wood or other material. If the piece 0 is used, there must be the cushioned pieces I) fastened to its clamping-face for the same reason that applies to the clamps 1-3, as above described.

Having described my invention, I claimcushions Z, in combination with foundation or 10 1. The combination, with asuitable foundaback A and the lining or facing A", contion or back, of a series of removable clamps I structed and arranged as and for the purpose provided with inwardly-extending elastic set forth.

5 cushions, and adapted to be secured along the JOHN OROWTHER TEAVER.

edges of the foundation or back, whereby any interposed material is secured in position upon the said foundation, substantially as described.

2. The clamping pieces B and their elastic NVitn esses M. RANDOLPH, A. NV. NIBGELIUS. 

